Make things — Anil and I have had a few conversations lately about building cool stuff for the internet, the Golden Age of the independent web, and how it's increasingly hard to filter out industry noise. He posted a quote from Dave Winer and it reminded me of our “About” page for Ludicorp …

In a Quiet Period, Groupon Feels the Noise — Groupon's initial public offering is about to hit some very rough turbulence. — The reason is that the Securities and Exchange Commission may force a postponement of the offering. The problem arises from an e-mail apparently sent last week …

The Problem with Collecting Logos at Startups — Collecting logos. It seems to be all the fad in the startup and VC world these days. VCs are paying up at enormous prices to say that they have GroupOn, Facebook and Twitter on their roster irrespective of whether they really venture funded them or bought in late stage.

Germany lifts Doom sales ban after 17 years — Doom's blocky graphics are now surpassed by those on modern mobiles — A German ban on selling Doom to teenagers has been lifted after 17 years. — The classic video game was put on an index of controlled titles in 1994 as it was deemed likely to harm youth.